🇬🇧🇨🇳 glass - 玻璃的 : English Lesson

Meaning of "glass" ("玻璃的"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

If something is described as glass, it means it is made out of glass, the clear, hard material we use for windows, bottles, and cups. A glass object is see-through or shiny, can be fragile, and might break if you drop it.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

Our fish watched us through the glass tank like we were the weird ones living outside the water.

The glass jar was supposed to hold cookies, but it mostly held my disappointment when I found it empty.

The glass snow globe trapped a tiny town in an endless winter, which is how I feel during January.

I pressed my nose on the glass wall and left a perfect squished-potato-face print.

The glass elevator made me feel like I was slowly being launched into space while still holding my backpack.

A boy puts a glass cup on the glass table. The cat jumps and the glass cup falls. The cup breaks. The boy is sad. His mum finds a glass bottle and a glass plate in a box. They smile, put the glass plate on the table, and the cat sleeps.

This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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